New Haven , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A judge in New Haven sentenced a 31-year-old man to death Friday for his role in a deadly home invasion that killed a woman and her two daughters in 2007 .

Jurors convicted Joshua Komisarjevsky in October on six capital felony charges . The 12-member jury had recommended death by lethal injection on each of the counts .

`` The task of sentencing another human being to death is the most sober and somber experience a judge can have , '' said Superior Court Judge Jon Blue .

Komisarjevsky responded Friday , saying that he `` came into this trial angry and defiant . ''

It 's a `` surreal experience to be condemned to die , '' he said . `` Our apathetic pursuits trampled the innocent . ''

He said , `` I did not rape . I did not pour that gas or light that fire . ''

`` I will never find peace again and my soul is torn , '' Komisarjevsky added .

The family of his victims left the courtroom before Komisarjevsky spoke .

Richard Hawke , in a victim 's statement prior to the sentencing , said the killings of his daughter and granddaughters had left him `` half-past dead . ''

`` They offered to give you everything you asked for , you did n't have to take their lives , '' he told Komisarjevsky . `` You will from now on be known as a prison number in the book of death . You are now in God 's hands . ''

The man convicted of being Komisarjevsky 's accomplice , Steven Hayes , was sentenced to death in 2010 . Juries convicted the pair on charges that they beat and tied up Dr. William Petit Jr. , raped and strangled his wife , molested one of their daughters and set the house on fire before trying to flee .

Petit is the sole survivor of the attack that killed his wife and two daughters .

`` I lost my family and my home , '' said Petit . `` My wife , my friend , my partner . I miss our late night chats and our partnership in raising the girls . ''

Before assaulting and killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit , Hayes forced her to go to a bank and withdraw $ 15,000 from an account after finding evidence that the account held between $ 20,000 and $ 30,000 , authorities said .

The two daughters , who were both tied to their beds , died of smoke inhalation , while William Petit managed to escape from the basement , where he had been held .

Hayes had been charged with third-degree burglary in 2003 and sentenced to five years in prison . He was released three years later to a halfway house , where he met Komisarjevsky .

Komisarjevsky 's attorneys had asked for leniency , arguing that he had no prior history of violence , was abused as a child and had been committed to a mental hospital for depression .

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A judge sentences Joshua Komisarjevsky to death

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The 12-member jury voted for death by lethal injection on each of the six counts

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Another man also has been sentenced to death in the case

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A jury convicted Komisarjevsky in October on six felony charges